“I don’t know if music has the power to change people’s minds, as far as political ideas,” he said. “I do think it has the power to unify people who are slightly undecided – feeling a certain way but haven’t able to articulate it.

“Music does a good job of articulating something, how something feels, more than an editorial. It’s really good at explaining how it feels. It creates a kind of group with a like-mind, which isn’t really changing anybody’s mind, but [is] bringing people with like-minds together,” said Byrne.

The exhibit features a variety of iconic rock artifacts including: Jimi Hendrix’s Fender Stratocaster played at Woodstock and Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyric sheet for protest anthem “The Times They Are a-Changin.'”

Byrne has written a new musical – Saint Joan, tracing the story of Joan of Arc – which premieres February 14th, 2017 at New York City’s Public Theater, The New York Times reports.